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enCivil War Battlefields Gain Ground With New Grantshttp://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2013/01/civil-war-battlefields-gain-ground-new-grants22727
<p>Gettysburg, Antietam, Manassas, Fort Sumter are all names of historic Civil War battlefields familiar to many Americans. It was these hallowed grounds that saw the bloodiest war our nation has ever fought. It is on these hallowed grounds that the most tragic history of our country was written.</p>
<p>In 2010, the country was losing battlegrounds at a rate of 12 hectares per day.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-abstract">
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On January 22, 2013, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced the award of more than $1.8 million in grants to help with 310.79 acres of land acquisition at six Civil War battlefields. Those sites are Mansfield, Louisiana; Appomattox Court House, Virginia; Cedar Mountain, Virginia; Chancellorsville, Virginia; Sailor’s Creek, Virginia and Buckland Mills, Virginia. </div>
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